We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Quote by Christian Nevell Bovee

Topics: Fear Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

Books are embalmed minds

Books are embalmed minds

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares,...

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares,...

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I...

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I...